Word: Changing the default font

You might think you can just change the font in normal.dot (Word 2003) or normal.dotx/normal.dotm (Word 2007), but it’s not *quite* that simple.

The ever-useful WordTips website details the various methods for changing the default font in all versions of Word since Word 97 in this article: http://word.tips.net/Pages/T001559_Changing_the_Default_Font.html

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[Links last checked July 2009]